<vn='1'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="2309">would</s> that <sn="5209">ye</s><sn="1492">knew</s> what <sn="2245">great</s><sn="73">conflict</s> I <sn="2192">have</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> for <sn="3588">them</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="2993">Laodicea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> for as many <sn="3745">as</s> have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3708">seen</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4383">face</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2443">That</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2588">hearts</s> might be <sn="3870">comforted</s>, being knit <sn="4822">together</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">love</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4149">riches</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> full <sn="4136">assurance</s> of <sn="4907">understanding</s>, <sn="1519">to</s> the <sn="1922">acknowledgement</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3466">mystery</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of the <sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>; </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="614">hid</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2344">treasures</s> of <sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1108">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5124">this</s> I <sn="3004">say</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s> any <sn="5100">man</s> should <sn="3884">beguile</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s> enticing <sn="4086">words</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487 2532">though</s> I be <sn="548">absent</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="235">yet</s><sn="1510">am</s> I <sn="4862">with</s><sn="5213">you</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="5463">joying</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="991">beholding</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5010">order</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4733">steadfastness</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5613">As</s> ye have <sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="3880">received</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, so <sn="4043">walk</s> ye <sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="4492">Rooted</s><sn="2532">and</s> built <sn="2026">up</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="950">established</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> ye have been <sn="1321">taught</s>, <sn="4052">abounding</s><sn="1722 846">therein</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="2169">thanksgiving</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="991">Beware</s><sn="3361">lest</s> any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="4812">spoil</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="5385">philosophy</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2756">vain</s><sn="539">deceit</s>, <sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3862">tradition</s> of <sn="444">men</s>, <sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4747">rudiments</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2730">dwelleth</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4138">fullness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2320">Godhead</s><sn="4985">bodily</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s> ye <sn="2075">are</s><sn="4137">complete</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2776">head</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="746">principality</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1849">power</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2532">also</s> ye are <sn="4059">circumcised</s> with the <sn="4061">circumcision</s> made without <sn="886">hands</s>, <sn="1722">in</s> putting <sn="555">off</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="266">sins</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4061">circumcision</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>: </v>
<vn='12'>Buried <sn="4916">with</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="908">baptism</s>, <sn="1722 3739">wherein</s><sn="2532">also</s> ye are risen <sn="4891">with</s> him <sn="1223">through</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1753">operation</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, who hath <sn="1453">raised</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3498">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="5607">being</s><sn="3498">dead</s><sn="1722">in</s> your <sn="3900">sins</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="203">uncircumcision</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, hath he quickened <sn="4806">together</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">him</s>, having <sn="5483">forgiven</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3900">trespasses</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>Blotting <sn="1813">out</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5498">handwriting</s> of <sn="1378">ordinances</s> that was <sn="2596">against</s><sn="2257">us</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="5227">contrary</s> to <sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="142">took</s><sn="846">it</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3319">way</s>, <sn="4338">nailing</s><sn="846">it</s> to his <sn="4716">cross</s>; </v>
<vn='15'> And having <sn="554">spoiled</s><sn="746">principalities</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1849">powers</s>, he made a <sn="1165">show</s> of them <sn="1722 3954">openly</s>, triumphing <sn="2358">over</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">it</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Let <sn="3361">no</s><sn="5100">man</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="2919">judge</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1035">meat</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4213">drink</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3313">respect</s> of a holy <sn="1859">day</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> of the new <sn="3561">moon</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> of the <sn="4521">sabbath</s> days: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3739">Which</s><sn="2076">are</s> a <sn="4639">shadow</s> of things to <sn="3195">come</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s> is of <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Let no <sn="3367">man</s> beguile you of your <sn="2603 5209">reward</s> in a voluntary <sn="2309 1722 5012">humility</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2356">worshiping</s> of <sn="32">angels</s>, intruding <sn="1687">into</s> those things <sn="3739">which</s> he hath <sn="3361">not</s><sn="3708">seen</s>, <sn="1500">vainly</s> puffed <sn="5448">up</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4561">fleshly</s><sn="3563">mind</s>, </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2902">holding</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2776">Head</s>, <sn="1537">from</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="860">joints</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4886">bands</s> having nourishment <sn="2023">ministered</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> knit <sn="4822">together</s>, <sn="837">increaseth</s> with <sn="3588">the</s><sn="838">increase</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3767">Wherefore</s><sn="1487">if</s> ye be <sn="599">dead</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4747">rudiments</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="5101">why</s>, as <sn="5613">though</s><sn="2198">living</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2889">world</s>, are ye subject to <sn="1379">ordinances</s>, </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3739">Which</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2076">are</s> to <sn="1519 5356">perish</s> with <sn="3588">the</s><sn="671">using</s>;) <sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1778">commandments</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1319">doctrines</s> of <sn="444">men</s>? </v>
<vn='23'>Which <sn="3748">things</s><sn="2076 2192">have</s><sn="3303">indeed</s> a <sn="3056">show</s> of <sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1479">will</s> -worship, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5012">humility</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="857">neglecting</s> of the <sn="4983">body</s>; <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5100">any</s><sn="5092">honor</s><sn="4314">to</s> the <sn="4140">satisfying</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>. </v>